The 45th annual American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles.

Pink, left, and Kelly Clarkson perform “Everybody Hurts” at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

An image of the late Whitney Houston appears on a video screen while Christina Aguilera performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Music group BTS performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Jamie Foxx, center right, speaks with his daughter Corinne Foxx at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. Looking on in background are first responders. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: DJ Khaled accepts the Favorite Song – Rap/Hip-Hop award for ‘I’m the One’ onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Shawn Mendes accepts the Favorite Artist – Adult Contemporary award onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Host Tracee Ellis Ross speaks at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Pink, left, and Kelly Clarkson perform “Everybody Hurts” at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Demi Lovato performs “Sorry Not Sorry” at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Jared Leto speaks while revealing a card announcing Bruno Mars as the winner of the Artist of the Year award onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Kelly Clarkson performs at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Niall Horan (C) performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Alessia Cara, right, and Zedd perform “Stay” at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Christina Aguilera performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Keith Urban poses in the press room during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Dan Reynolds, from left, Ben McKee, Daniel Platzman, and Daniel Wayne Sermon of Imagine Dragons accept the award for favorite duo or group at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Nick Jonas performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Rob Bourdon, from left, Mike Shinoda, and Brad Delson of Linkin Park accept the award for favorite artist alternative rock at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: (L-R) Eric Howk, Kyle O’Quin, Zoe Manville, John Gourley, and Zachary Scott Carothers of music group Portugal. The Man perform onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Music group BTS performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Niall Horan accepts the New Artist of the Year award presented by T-Mobile onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Khalid performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Shawn Mendes performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Andrew Taggart, left, and Alex Pall of The Chainsmokers accept the award for favorite artist electronic dance music at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Julia Michaels speaks onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Music group Portugal. The Man performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Chadwick Boseman presents the award for favorite duo or group at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Christina Aguilera (C) performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Shawn Mendes performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Hailee Steinfeld performs at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Lea Michele, left, and Chris Hardwick present a performance by Nick Jonas at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Music group BTS performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Zedd (L) and Alessia Cara perform onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Billy Eichner (L) and Jenna Dewan-Tatum speak onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Host Tracee Ellis Ross speaks onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Pink, left, and Kelly Clarkson perform “Everybody Hurts” at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Brian Kelley of music group Florida Georgia Line performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Pink performs “Everybody Hurts” at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Selena Gomez (C, holding microphone) performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Demi Lovato performs “Sorry Not Sorry” at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Skylar Grey performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Macklemore performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Tracee Ellis Ross speaks onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line performs at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Dan Reynolds of music group Imagine Dragons performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Nick Jonas performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Kat Graham (L) and Kelly Rowland speak onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Nick Cannon presents the award for new artist of the year at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Christina Aguilera (C) performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Daymond John, from left, Mark Cuban, and Kevin O’Leary present the award for favorite artist alternative rock at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Keith Urban accepts the Favorite Male Artist  Country award, Favorite Album  Country award for ‘Ripcord,’ and Favorite Song  Country award for ‘Blue Ain’t Your Color’ onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Selena Gomez performs “Wolves” at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Kelly Clarkson (C) performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Nick Jonas performs “Find You” at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Justin Hartley, left, and Kathryn Hahn present the award for favorite male artist country at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Patrick Schwarzenegger (L) and Laura Marano speak onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Skylar Grey (L) and Macklemore perform onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: DJ Khaled (L) and G-Eazy speak onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Honoree Diana Ross performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama appear on screen before Diana Ross’ performance at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Jared Leto presents the award for artist of the year at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Heidi Klum speaks onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Chrissy Metz, left, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson introduce a performance by Kelly Clarkson at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Andrew Taggart (L) and Alex Pall of music group The Chainsmokers accept the Favorite Artist – Electronic Dance Music (EDM) award onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Marshmello (L) and watt perform onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Justin Hartley (L) and Kathryn Hahn (R) present the Favorite Male Artist  Country award, Favorite Album  Country award for ‘Ripcord,’ and Favorite Song  Country award for ‘Blue Ain’t Your Color’ to Keith Urban (C) onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Lilly Singh (L) and Sabrina Carpenter walk onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Pink, left, and Kelly Clarkson perform “Everybody Hurts” at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Brad Delson, from left, Mike Shinoda, and Rob Bourdon of Linkin Park pose in the press room with the award for favorite artist alternative rock at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

A general view of atmosphere at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Selena Gomez (C, holding microphone) performs onstage during the 2017 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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